"What other people think about me is not my business"

"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded"

"Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop"

"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy"

"Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business"

"First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people"